Dave West

Motown must be the kings of the multiple versions, it is estimated each motown record has about ten versions. The funk brothers would cut the backing track then various artists would take it in turns to cut the vocal. The best version would become a single, the other would become either album tracks or trashed. the trashed ones are now some of the motown unreleased jems getting spins. Example..Spinners truly yours, Eric and the Vikings I'm truly yours and temptations truly yours Westy

used to be seven days but now its up to two weeks westy

Kenny Burrell s got the original watch but wears that one when he goes out, keeps the real one in his pocket to show people but wont wear it

Just had two records from two different dealers, one was six dollars and one eight. With the exchange rate as it is at the moment, cant really complain as some dealers in this country charge £2.50 for one record that costs 60pence to post. Westy

seem to remember both Max Wall and Billy Dainty danced like that. anyway, shoes maketh the man

Francis Nero, Keep on lovin' me Soul EX+ about £85 I.M.O. Westy

totally agree Westy

I'm suprised you can remember owt, the state you were in, mind you Pete you wouldn't fall over, you were nicely balanced, a bottle in each hand.. Westy

Speaking of Grimsby, Me and my mates from Scunthorpe used to go to the hawaiian high club just of cleethorpes road in about 1975, and then I did a few spots DJing at Grimsby gassworks social club if anyone can remember that...

I know of a few mates who like myself rejoined the scene about five years ago, on dragging their record box out of the loft they found for example the Tobi Legend they paid three quid for from soul bowl now goes for three hundred, and the Mel Britt pressing that was a quid is now in double figures, the temptation to sell for a mega profit then becomes great. add to that the collection of twenty plus otis redding singles no one wants anymore thats just sitting there and the amount of vinyl starts building up. Plus I know from personal experience dealers in the U.S. all seem to have Manships book at hand, i have had many dealings with these people who think everything they have is rare and Northern, which is one of the reasons records get catagorized as northern when they deffinatly aint. WESTY

what the hell am i on about !!! its the Tops not the Temps !!! Heads gone again Westy

My mate and I run a Motown and Northern night in Goole, basically anything goes whatever gets them on the dancefloor from Northern Motown to the commercial stuff HOWEVER When I have DJ'd at more Northern venues I still introduce the spot as something like "got some Motown for ya" type of thing, but play all Northern,eg. bobby Taylor Oh Ive been bless'd and other not motown but in that vein like Buster Jones "misunderstanding" etc. also seventies stuff, Bloodstone and the like, So as I get bookings as a Northern Motown DJ what can I call it except motown. P.S. I come cheap....LOL WESTY

a strange topic this, if you think about it, what I mean is, L.P. only tracks, do you / we mean worldwide or U.S. and U.K cos take as an example the temps. "is there anything that I can do". Its on a U.K. album, but no u.k. or u.s. 45 release, but is on a french 45rpm demo and french E.P. so where do you draw the line, anyone got a Brazil motown listing LOL. WESTY

yeah it was in Goole actually, last year, it was a guy I knows wife and they left the venue early cos she didnt like the music , gonna P M you anyway... Westy

theres a thread on here about motown L P tracks only, think that Smokey track comes under that catagory. Westy

i aint going nowhere Thelma Houston Westy

Angel Baby........Stevie Wonder Only your love can save me......Marvelettes Soul shack......................Miracles Westy

Not exactly the same. but simular, I was doing my Motown spot one night and after playing, Why when love is gone Isleys, Dont stop lovin' me I J Hunter, Jealousy Contours, Come see about me Jr walker, Somethings wrong Chris Clark, etc etc etc....some woman came up and said "can you stop playing these and play some records we can dance to instead" Westy

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few wants that keep slipping my net Martha Reeves No one there Timothy Wilson Itching in my heart Jenny & Jewels Itching in my heart All must be Ex+ and originals Cheers Westy

AS YOU KNOW PETE MY STORYS NEARLY THE SAME, LEFT THE SCENE IN THE LATE SEVENTIES, SOLD MOST OF MY ENGLISH COLLECTION AND SPENT IT ON HOLIDAYS ETC. AND RETURNED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AFTER YOU,TO THE SAME CLUB ACTUALLY WHERE WE BUMPED INTO EACH OTHER, FRIENDS FROM LONG LONG AGO, LIKE RENNIE AND JACK, SNOWY, ETC.. AND I GOT THE COLLECTING BUG AGAIN, MOSTLY MOTOWN NOW AND THIS HAS LED TO A NUMBER OF DJ,ING BOOKINGS AND A QUARTERLY SOUL NIGHT IN GOOLE, SO THE SOUL BUG HAS BITTEN US ONCE AGAIN, ( BUT PAT STILL DOSENT KNOW HOW MUCH I PAY FOR RECORDS ) NEARLY AS MUCH AS WHAT I PAY FOR THE OUTRAGIOUS SHOES I TEND TO WEAR. Dont forget the motorcity Westy

SO, I THOUGHT I WAS ASKING IF ANYONE KNEW OF ANY OTHER CAFE ETC. AND ENDED UP WITH BUISNESSMEN DISCUSSING A FRANCHISE SIMULAR TO HARD ROCK CAFE ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Didnt it reopen last month on a friday night, the same night as Lord Conyers ?

Just been to Skeggy and had a coffee in Dave Raistrick's Motown Cafe, daves sold records in Skegness for many years but the addition of this extremely nice cafe complete with motown memorabilia etc is great. does anyone know of any more scattered about the country.?